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Combo - City & Mangrove Forest - Saigon - Can Gio

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Offered in: Vietnamese
Overview

Family tour for parents + 2 children (5–12 years old), combining HEALTH, EDUCATION , and REAL EXPERIENCE at a coconut sugar factory - a typical ecological agricultural model of the mangrove area.

  • Rarely is there a program that takes children to a small factory that is highly educational and experiential.
  • Learn about green economy – sustainable production – environmental protection in a close-knit way.
  • Suitable for families who want to take their children away from the city for a day, without needing to stay overnight.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

  • Health: Outdoor exercise, close to nature, healthy eating, stress reduction.
  • Education: Experience real production, understand the mangrove ecosystem and the process of making nipa sugar, and open up STEAM knowledge.
  • Family bonding : Increase interaction through team challenges, learning together.

What's included

Include:

  • Private car pick up at home (Saigon) (7-seat car or 9-seat Limousine depending on class).
  • "Eco Discovery Box" (notebook, magnifying glass, stickers).
  • Visit and experience at the coconut sugar factory (cut leaves, collect water, observe cooking, and bottle sugar).
  • STEAM educational activities (learning about water coconut, games, sweetness experiments).
  • Travel by canoe/wooden boat to explore the Can Gio mangrove ecosystem.
  • "Family survival in mangrove area" challenge.
  • Meals: 1 main meal (economy class) or 2 meals + fruit, healthy cakes (advanced class) at the eco-restaurant.
  • Gift: Sample sugar + certificate (economy class) or souvenir, short clip (advanced class).

Not included:

  • Shopping, off-menu drinks, expenses not listed.
  • Tips for tour guide and driver (optional).
  • Travel insurance
Meeting and pickup

Departure point: Pick up point in Ho Chi Minh city center.

End point: drop off at original pick up point - Ho Chi Minh city center

What to expect

Departure – Explore the wetlands

🕚 07:00: Private car picks you up at home (Saigon), gives out "Eco Discovery Box" including:

🚹 Travel guide
🚹 Mini magnifying glass
🚹 Mangrove animal and plant sticker set for children

🕚 09:00: Arrive in Can Gio – stop at the factory/farm producing sugar from water coconut.

Factory experience – learning by doing

🕚 09:15 – 11:00: Visit the model of harvesting – cooking – filtering – packaging coconut sugar:

🚹 Children can cut leaves and collect water from nipa flowers by themselves.
🚹 Observe the traditional oven, try using a thermometer to measure the temperature of the sugar water.
🚹 Practice making “small sugar jars as gifts” to take home.

STEAM integrated educational activities:

🚹 Learn about the physiology of water coconut trees, their role in water filtration and anti-erosion.
🚹 Game "Find the clean road" - suggests industrial road with natural road.
🚹 Do a mini experiment: sweetness & crystallization from different sugar samples.

Lunch – Ecology & Nutrition

🕚 11:30 – 13:00: Lunch at the eco-restaurant in the mangrove forest:

🚹 Dishes made from seafood - wild vegetables - coconut sugar (salad, stew, steamed).
🚹 Children have a snack including: rice, vegetable soup, rice paper rolls & pure fruit juice.

🕚 Take a nap in a hammock with family in a thatched house, enjoying the river breeze.

Exploring mangrove forests – survival skills

🕚 13:30 – 15:00:

🚹 Travel by canoe or small wooden boat through the mangrove forest.
🚹 Tour guide shares about Can Gio ecosystem (recognized by UNESCO).
🚹 Children participate in searching for forest creatures (crabs, mudskippers, water birds...) using the "Biological Map".

👉Challenge: “Family survival in mangrove area”:

🚹 Take on small tasks like filtering water, setting up a simulated tent, tying a rescue rope...

Trip Summary – Back to Saigon

🕚 15:30 – 17:00: Car takes you back to Ho Chi Minh City.

🚹 Issue certificates of "Little Eco-House - Green Learning House" to children.
🚹 Summary of the journey in the car: children stick stickers, complete the journey book, and recount the experience.

**Program order may change depending on actual situation**

Additional info
  • Please read the information carefully before booking a tour.
  • Suitable for families (parents + 2 children) from 5-12 years old.
  • Focus on health, education, hands-on experience of mangroves and nipa sugar production.
  • One day tour, no overnight stay required, suitable for "getting away from the city".
  • A rare opportunity for children to experience a small factory that is highly educational about green economy and environmental protection.
  • Tour price for 4 people, please contact for exact price.
Operated by: Global DMC
Cancellation Policy
  • Cancellation up to 24 hours before departure is free of charge.
  • Cancellation within 24 hours 100% tour price.
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